Feline Friday: Mortimer Chilling In the Recliner

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Lately, one of the recliners has been Mortimer’s favorite place to hang out. 

He always looks so cute and comfortable in it.  

Feline Friday: Facebook Memories of Howard

For Feline Friday, all you have to do is post a picture, drawing, cartoon, or video of a cat.

These photos of Howard, from nine years ago, popped up as Facebook memories this week, so I thought I would share them.

Howard has been gone for almost three years now, but if you’ve been visiting here for long, you know what an incredibly special cat he was. 

Feline Friday: Boots, The Bullington Gardens Cat

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Now that you’ve seen the Fairy Trail at Bullington Gardens, I can show the cutest part of our visit.

This is Boots, the Bullington Gardens cat.  He was an absolute sweetheart.  As nice as the Fairy Trail was, I would have been happy to stand around and pet Boots all day.  He was so soft and sweet.

Boots came to live at Bullington Gardens because someone threw him out there.  (I like to think there’s a special place in hell for anyone who does something like that.)

Fortunately for Boots, the nice people at Bullington Gardens took him in, and now he spends his days getting lots of pets and love.  

Feline Friday: Theodore In A Frog Hat

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This week, we have Theodore in his frog hat.

Theodore is all about food, so I can bribe him to wear hats as long as I give him treats. 

I think he looks adorable in them.

Here’s a video of him enjoying his treat. 

Feline Friday – Mail Delivery

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We got the cats a new toy; their very own mail truck. 

Theodore enjoying the mail truck.

They tend to love scratcher toys like this. 

They loved their taco truck.

The ice cream truck was also very popular.

Fortunately, the mail truck seems to be much sturdier, which is good since they like to sit on top of it as well as inside it. 

Mortimer seems to prefer being on top of the truck.

Feline Friday: Mortimer Wants a Squirrel

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There’s a chair in our living room that the cats have mostly claimed as their own.  It’s comfortable, and it’s right in front of a window, so it makes sense that they like it. 

Mortimer

Since the cats spend so much time in that chair, we decided to put a window bird feeder in that window.  It definitely keeps them entertained! 

Theodore and Mortimer

As is the case with most of our bird feeders, the squirrels visit at least as often as the birds do.  I think the cats are more interested in the squirrels than the birds.  

Enjoy this video of Mortimer watching a squirrel.

Feline Friday: Good News from Theodore’s Checkup

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Since I mentioned recently that Theodore went to the vet for a cough and was scheduled for a re-check, I wanted to let you know that the infection is gone and Theodore is back to being in great health.

The vet said his lungs sounded great!  They still want us to give him Laxatone a few times a week to make sure it doesn't happen again. 

Theodore was born in the vet’s office, and he grew up there, so he gets treated like a celebrity whenever he goes back.  I think, by the time we left, everyone had carried him around, snuggled with him, and taken pictures of him.

Theodore loves going to the vet! 

Feline Friday: Sassy

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This week, we’re going way back to my very first cat, Sassy.  My parents had a cat, Butterscotch, when I was born, but around the time I was nine years old, I started reading the Mandie books by Lois Gladys Leppard.  I was obsessed with them.  The main character had a white kitten named Snowball, and I decided I also needed a white kitten to name Snowball.  That’s when the begging for a kitten began.

My younger sister, Gabby, not to be outdone, decided that she also needed a kitten and that she wanted hers to be a Siamese kitten. 

We begged incessantly. 

Finally, one night, we were told to come into the kitchen because Mom’s friend, Pam, had brought a surprise for us.  It was a pet carrier, with two tiny little kittens (they each weighed 2.2 pounds) in it.  Unbeknownst to us, our parents had decided to let us have our kittens, but weren’t about to take us to an animal shelter, knowing we’d beg for ALL of the kittens.  So, they put the word out that they were looking for two kittens.  Pam got the two kittens from someone’s neighbor, and they were in pretty rough shape; malnourished, covered in fleas, etc.  But to us, they were perfect.

One of the kittens was in the front of the pet carrier, hissing at everyone, and the other one was cowering behind the one doing all of the hissing.

Gabby immediately announced that she wanted the hisser.  I wanted the one who was cowering. 

Gabby immediately named her kitten Koko.  I deliberated for almost two full days before naming mine Sassy. 

Koko was the adventurous one, always getting into everything.  By the time they were a few years old, Sassy was very calm and loved chilling out and being brushed. 

This was around the time that my parents decided to get birds, and we ultimately ended up with eight parakeets (that’s another story for another time). 

The difference in Koko and Sassy’s personalities really showed in their reactions to the birds.  Koko quite literally climbed a wall in an effort to get to the birds.  Sassy could not have cared less about them.  Don’t worry, none of the birds were harmed to get this picture.  My dad set it up to demonstrate just how lazy (his word, not mine, I thought Sassy was perfect) he was. 

Sassy looked at the birds, but that was pretty much it.  She liked her food prepared and served in a dish, thank you very much. 

Koko and Sassy both lived to be 15 years old and were the cats that set Gabby and me on our way to being cat ladies.  In some ways, Gabby has stuck with choosing the feisty cat, and I’ve stuck with choosing the scared cat. 

Incidentally, over thirty years later, I’ve still never had a solid white cat, and Gabby has still never had a Siamese cat, though neither one of us thought Koko and Sassy were anything less than perfect.  

Feline Friday: Charlie Snoozing

For Feline Friday, all you have to do is post a picture, drawing, cartoon, or video of a cat.

I certainly have plenty of cat pictures, so I thought I’d join in. 

Here’s Charlie snoozing.

Doesn’t he look so cute and comfortable?